Night and Fog was screened in two of my college classes. When I saw it on the syllabus the second time, I told the instructor I’d pass that day, because I didn’t care to see it again.
I’ll second Night and Fog.
Put in my vote for Requiem and add American History X
Great flick, I’ll not watch it again.
I’m not really interesting in re-visiting the film or derailing the thread long enough to explain. This review of Manderlay, in sections 6&7, discusses the misogyny in Dogville (as well as Von Trier’s other movies), and I agree with everything the writer says, although I didn’t write it.
The Notebook.
Yes, I saw what was coming a mile away, but I still sobbed uncontrollably from the time James Garner told his children, “She’s my sweetheart. I can’t leave her.”
Gandhi. Unquestionably a great film, just not particularly entertaining fir the time and emotional investment. Frankly, I get put off by a filmmaker’s awareness of how “important” the film needs to be. At least Malcolm X featured an amusing sidekick.
I just cried and cried, and when the movie was over my fiance and I just kept crying. Not something I want to ever, ever watch again, though the film was great.
I will second Million Dollar Baby and also Passion of the Christ I thought it was a well made movie, but not one I would watch again.
This reinforces my opinion of why Ben Kingsley is in my list of the top 5 actors on the planet today.
Another vote for Requiem for a Dream and, while it isn’t necessarily a GOOD movie, it was very disturbing: Kids. It made me want to barf.
Lean on Me – Morgan Freeman plays the principal of an inner-city school, overrun by gangs and crime. He turns the place around, using “tough love” to get the students to behave, and creates an environment where the students feel safe, and want to learn. And then: The administration steps in, blaming Freeman for overstepping his bounds and making up all kinds of bullshit, and he gets fired. And that’s it, movie’s over. That pissed me off. I don’t like movies that piss me off. Sure, it’s reality, but that makes it worse!
Another one is Radio Flyer, although calling it a “good movie” is a bit of a stretch…it’s about child abuse, and the younger brother strikingly resembled my own younger brother at that age, so that struck a little too close to home. But what really pushed it over the edge was my interpretation of the ending: While not explicitly stated, I got the feeling that the younger brother was actually killed by the child-abusing father, and Tom Hanks made up the whole “Radio Flyer” story in his head, because he couldn’t face the truth. Other people have interpreted the ending differently (such as saying the younger brother never existed in the first place) but I ain’t watching the film again to figure it out. 
The Deer Hunter.
Apocalypse Now.
I was shaken to the core by the Burton/Taylor film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. It reminded me so much of my parents’ marriage that I felt physically ill while watching it. It was artfully done, but I sure wouldn’t want to sit through it again.
Kids had a great soundtrack though. Come to think about it, so did Requiem for a Dream. And you know, so did Fight Club. What is it with depressing movies and good music?
…Once Were Warriors. Just a bit too close to home…
I’ll mention Requiem For A Dream, A Clockwork Orange, and Hotel Rwanda again.
And I’ll add The Rabbit-Proof Fence.
I just don’t like being reminded of man’s inhumanity to man.
I could watch Clockwork Orange a million times.
I never want to see Dogville again but that’s because I thought it was boring as hell. Requiem for a Dream is too depressing for words, but that doesn’t prevent the DVD from being owned by almost everyone I know - how can people watch this movie more than once? And how the hell can people watch it while high?
FWIW, I had that interpretation of the movie, too. I’m not wedded to the idea, really, but it’s less disturbing than the alternative I came up with That the surviving brother killed his younger brother to “save” him.
Das Boot was one of the films I really liked, but wouldn’t care to sit through again.
I’m another who really doesn’t want to see Grave of the Fireflies again. I own it, but that’s because at the time, I could buy an anime DVD more easily than I could rent one. Oh, well. One of these days my mother will give in and let me show it to her. And she’ll stop kvetching so loudly about my cartoons.
You make me want to watch it again. I was only 10 or 11 when it came out and I don’t remember anything of the ending.
I will also vote for “KIDS” I hate that movie. Its a shitty shitty movie. The director’s new film “Wassup Rockers” actually looks pretty good.
“The Virgin Suicides” was really good. I never want to watch it again.